TACNY Junior Cafe Scientifique: “The Robots Are Coming: It’s The End Of The World As We Know It”

Saturday – December 19, 9:30-11:00am

Talk Overview

If you watch movies you may have seen many films about Artificial Intelligence (A.I.) – recent ones include ‘Ex Machina‘, ‘Chappie‘, ‘Terminator Genisys‘ and even ‘Avengers: Age of Ultron‘. Many of these movies portray an evil A.I. that is trying to take over the world, but is that really our future? This talk will look logically at what we can expect in the future and how machines are likely to change the world we live in … and potentially change us as human beings …

Speaker

Biography

Dr. Schofield obtained a Ph.D. in Artificial Intelligence many, many years ago – Since then he has continued to teach and research in this field – particularly in the areas of transhumanism and cyborg theatre. Dr. Schofield is currently Director of Human Computer Interaction (Full Professor) at the State University of New York (SUNY) at Oswego. He is also currently a Visiting Associate Professor of Forensic Computing at Edith Cowan University, Perth, Western Australia. Prior to his move to America, Dr. Schofield held the position of the Associate Professor of Computer Games and Digital Media, in the School of Creative Media at RMIT University in Melbourne, Australia. Before his move out to Australia, he was Lecturer in the School of Computer Science at the University of Nottingham, UK and helped manage the prestigious Mixed Reality Laboratory at Nottingham University. Dr. Schofield also remains a director and major shareholder of Aims Solutions Ltd., a UK based company created in 2000, to provide computer graphics visualization services and virtual reality based simulation training products to a wide range of public and private sector organizations. Dr. Schofield also watches a lot of science fiction movies and plays too many computer games.

About TACNY Junior Cafe Scientifique

TACNY Junior Cafe Scientifique, a program for middle-school students founded in 2005, features discussions between scientists and students about topics in the fields of science, technology, engineering and mathematics in an informal atmosphere and seeks to encourage students to consider careers in these areas. Students must be accompanied by an adult and can explore the MOST at no cost after the event.

Technology Alliance of Central New York

Founded in 1903 as the Technology Club of Syracuse, the nonprofit Technology Alliance of Central New York’s mission is to facilitate community awareness, appreciation, and education of technology; and to collaborate with like-minded organizations across Central New York.